high pay
Pay of FTSE 100 bosses grows 20 times faster than average worker
The pay of FTSE 100 directors grew by 14 per cent in the last year - 20 times faster than that of the average worker.
A further unearned and disproportionate increase in the size of executive pay packets
The annual Manifest/MM&K executive director Total Remuneration survey was released this week, finding that take home pay for the average FTSE 100 CEO was up to £4.3 million in 2012, an increase of 10 per cent on the previous year.
Big pay rises at top British companies
The 100 best-paid chief executives of British companies were paid £4.3 million each on average last year, an increase of 13 per cent on 2011, research has found.
The greed of the executives and their cosiness to government enables high pay culture
So it is not the acquiescence of the general population that enables executive pay and levels of inequality to keep increasing. It is the greed of the executives themselves, and their cosiness with a government too weak to take them on.
A minimum wage worker would need to work 380 hours a week to match top earner
A minimum wage worker would need to work for 380 hours a week to match the annual salary of someone at the 99th percentile, according to research by the Resolution Foundation.
Revealed: the pay gap at Britain’s top firms
Left Foot Forward looks at the pay gap between best paid and worst paid at some of Britain's best known firms.